Telecoms Contracts in the Midlands

Telecommunications
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Telecoms over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 101 68
Rank change year-on-year +34 -33 +19
Contract jobs citing Telecoms 67 60 164
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.49% 1.83% 3.29%
As % of the General category 4.49% 3.30% 6.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 35 95
10th Percentile £170 £194 £218
25th Percentile £285 £231 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £496
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -24.32% +41.57%
75th Percentile £588 £533 £573
90th Percentile £775 £638 £710
England median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 2
10th Percentile £12.28 - £20.13
25th Percentile £12.75 £12.50 £20.31
Median hourly rate £13.50 £20.71 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.80% -2.56% +37.10%
75th Percentile £14.25 £21.19 £22.81
90th Percentile - £21.48 £23.38
England median hourly rate £60.00 £52.50 £39.51
% change year-on-year +14.29% +32.88% +45.69%

All General Skills
Midlands

Telecoms is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,492 1,816 2,721
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 55.40% 55.32% 54.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,034 1,292 2,034
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +1.05% +18.41%
75th Percentile £606 £600 £556
90th Percentile £734 £694 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 80 99
10th Percentile £11.75 £11.80 £10.50
25th Percentile £13.91 £13.31 £13.48
Median hourly rate £17.50 £21.84 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.85% +21.31% +16.32%
75th Percentile £35.00 £40.75 £27.13
90th Percentile £52.56 £51.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £30.16 £32.30 £21.50
% change year-on-year -6.63% +50.23% -4.10%

Telecoms
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Telecoms as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms in the Midlands

Telecoms
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Telecoms in the Midlands

Telecoms
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Telecoms in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Telecoms in the Midlands

Telecoms
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Telecoms in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Telecoms in the Midlands

Telecoms
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +37 50 £535 +14.50% 52
East Midlands +8 14 £388 +63.16% 31
Telecoms
England

Telecoms
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.49%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (13.43%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (8.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (7.46%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.49%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.48%) Azure
2 1 (1.49%) OCI
2 1 (1.49%) Oracle Service Cloud
2 1 (1.49%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.49%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 19 (28.36%) WAN
2 14 (20.90%) LAN
3 13 (19.40%) Internet
3 13 (19.40%) MPLS
3 13 (19.40%) VPN
4 12 (17.91%) Wireless
5 10 (14.93%) DHCP
5 10 (14.93%) DNS
5 10 (14.93%) PBX
6 9 (13.43%) Cisco Nexus
6 9 (13.43%) Ethernet
6 9 (13.43%) VoIP
6 9 (13.43%) WLAN
7 6 (8.96%) 5G
8 5 (7.46%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (7.46%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (7.46%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (7.46%) Ethereal
8 5 (7.46%) SD-WAN
8 5 (7.46%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.49%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Rational DOORS
General
1 27 (40.30%) Social Skills
2 12 (17.91%) Finance
3 8 (11.94%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.96%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.97%) Electronics
5 4 (5.97%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.97%) Marketing
6 2 (2.99%) Law
6 2 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.49%) Aeronautics
7 1 (1.49%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.49%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 14 (20.90%) Analyst
2 10 (14.93%) Architect
3 7 (10.45%) Network Engineer
4 6 (8.96%) Enterprise Architect
4 6 (8.96%) Project Manager
5 5 (7.46%) Lead
5 5 (7.46%) Network Support
5 5 (7.46%) Network Support Engineer
5 5 (7.46%) Support Engineer
6 4 (5.97%) Incident Analyst
6 4 (5.97%) Senior
6 4 (5.97%) Team Leader
7 3 (4.48%) Coordinator
7 3 (4.48%) Cyber Defence Analyst
7 3 (4.48%) Data Centre Manager
7 3 (4.48%) Data Centre Project Manager
7 3 (4.48%) Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (4.48%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 3 (4.48%) Network Architect
7 3 (4.48%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (25.37%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.46%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.97%) Operational Technology
4 3 (4.48%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (4.48%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 3 (4.48%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (4.48%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.48%) Taxonomies
5 2 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.99%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.99%) IoT
5 2 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.49%) BYOD
6 1 (1.49%) Handset
6 1 (1.49%) iPad
6 1 (1.49%) iPhone
6 1 (1.49%) PDA
6 1 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.49%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.46%) Windows
1 5 (7.46%) Windows 7
2 1 (1.49%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.49%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (1.49%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (23.88%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (22.39%) Programme Management
3 13 (19.40%) ITIL
3 13 (19.40%) Performance Management
4 11 (16.42%) Customer Requirements
5 10 (14.93%) Analytics
5 10 (14.93%) Customer Service
5 10 (14.93%) Network Architecture
6 9 (13.43%) Architectural Design
6 9 (13.43%) Data Analytics
6 9 (13.43%) Mentoring
6 9 (13.43%) SOA
6 9 (13.43%) Storage Management
7 7 (10.45%) Change Management
7 7 (10.45%) Incident Management
7 7 (10.45%) Information Security
8 6 (8.96%) Agile
8 6 (8.96%) Resource Management
8 6 (8.96%) Technical Architecture
8 6 (8.96%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 14 (20.90%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (19.40%) Security Cleared
3 11 (16.42%) SC Cleared
4 9 (13.43%) CCIE
4 9 (13.43%) CCIE Data Center
5 6 (8.96%) Degree
6 5 (7.46%) CCNA
7 4 (5.97%) BC Cleared
7 4 (5.97%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (5.97%) CCNP
8 2 (2.99%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.94%) SLA
2 3 (4.48%) NIST
2 3 (4.48%) NIST 800
2 3 (4.48%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (7.46%) OpenView
Vendors
1 19 (28.36%) Cisco
2 13 (19.40%) Microsoft
3 5 (7.46%) CheckPoint
3 5 (7.46%) Infoblox
3 5 (7.46%) Openreach
3 5 (7.46%) Palo Alto
3 5 (7.46%) Symantec
3 5 (7.46%) Zscaler
4 4 (5.97%) Computacenter
4 4 (5.97%) SAP
4 4 (5.97%) ServiceNow
5 3 (4.48%) BT
6 2 (2.99%) Virgin Media
7 1 (1.49%) Brocade
7 1 (1.49%) Dell
7 1 (1.49%) HP
7 1 (1.49%) IBM
7 1 (1.49%) Intel
7 1 (1.49%) Juniper
7 1 (1.49%) Remedy